EU Targets Trade Laws
In U.S. Banana Dispute

The European Union launched a legal challenge against key U.S. trade legislation as the bitter trans-Atlantic feud on bananas moved to the World Trade Organization.

At a meeting of the WTO's Disputes Settlement Body in Geneva, the EU asked for a ruling on legislation that allows the U.S. to retaliate against its trading partners. The U.S. is threatening to use Article 301 of the U.S. Trade Act to slap duties on up to 1.3 billion...